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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right above and bow in bow-case to left below; eight-rayed star above. Price - (cf. 272, denomination); SNG Alpha Bank -. 1.29gr, 12mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.16gr, 26mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nice light old cabinet tone.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine. Nice light old cabinet tone.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.14gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.81gr, 24mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 16.42gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Agora Periods VB and C. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis(?); all within dotted border / Owl standing to left, head facing, A-ΘΗ in fields. RPC IV.1 Online 8273.25 (temporary); Kroll 229; Svoronos pl. 88, 49. 1.74gr, 10mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Elis mint. Uncertain magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right; [magistrate's name] behind / Large monogram of AX; FA and monogram of XE across fields, uncertain monogram above, thunderbolt below; all within olive wreath with ties below and at the top. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 688 (Thrasyleon); HGC 5, 539. 1.96gr, 16mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Agathokleos), magistrate. Forepart of wolf at bay to right / A-ΓΑ-Θ-Ο-ΚΛΕΟΣ in three lines; large A; below, harpa to right; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1170; HGC 5, 691. 1.90gr, 16mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Bronze Issue of Sparta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
C. Julius Eurykles, magistrate. Head of Zeus to right / Upright club; Λ-A EΠI EY-PY-KΛ[E]-O-Σ in four lines across fields; all within wreath. Grunauer Group XXVI, Series 1; BCD Peloponnesos II 2376; BMC 63; RPC I 1103; HGC 5, 625. 5.55gr, 21mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
C. Julius Eurykles led Spartan ships to join Octavian at the battle of Actium and was later awarded Roman citizenship and the title of 'hegemon' of the Spartans following the victory. His distinction by the emperor Augustus was not the only benefit from his involvement in the battle. In defeating Antony, Eurykles avenged his father, Lachares, whom Antony had executed.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
C. Julius Eurykles led Spartan ships to join Octavian at the battle of Actium and was later awarded Roman citizenship and the title of 'hegemon' of the Spartans following the victory. His distinction by the emperor Augustus was not the only benefit from his involvement in the battle. In defeating Antony, Eurykles avenged his father, Lachares, whom Antony had executed.
ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΔΑΣ (Olympiadas), magistrate. Reduced standard. Dove flying to right / Large Σ; ΟΛΥΜ-ΠΙ-Α-ΔΑΣ in three lines across fields; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 344.1; HGC 5, 217. 1.88gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Bronze of Cycladic Naxos
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / N-A Ξ-I, kantharos; above, grape bunch. Joy 545; Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. III, 1-9; HGC 6, 636. 3.74gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Lysimacheia mint. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lion leaping to right above spearhead to right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΛYΣIMAXOY below. SNG Copenhagen 1150; HGC 3.2, 1758. 4.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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